Improvement in tailors  crayon-sharpeners



dnitrd fhrt@ Bronnen MILES, or Waimea, INDIANA.

.Letters Patent No. 98,085, dated December 2l, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN T-AILRS CRAYON-SHARPENERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, rRICHARD 1t. MILES, of Wabash, in the county of Wabash, in the State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Mode of Combining Together a Tailors Weight, Tailors Crayon, and Tailor-s Crayon-Sharpener; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction, operation, and uses of the same,

reference beiughad to annexed drawings, of which- Figure l represents a plan or top view of my invention;

Figure 2, a transverse vertical section of the same; and A y Figure 3, a similar partial 'section iu a. plane at right angles with that of lig. 2. i

The object of my invention is to afford the tailor a simple, easy, and cleanly .method of sharpening thecrayon, without liability to scatter the dust therefrom upon the goods, a support for the crayon when not in use, and a weight for holding down the cloth while under manipulation.

In the drawing- A is a hollow vessel, o f any ornamental form, of a size to be conveniently handled, of a weight sufficient to answer the purpose for which it is intended, and of any suitable material. Its neck a is fitted with a stopper', B, also ornamental, which may be screwed in, or otherwise secured, so as to Vhe tight, and serve as a handle', and yet be readily re1noved,when it shall be necessary to throw out 'the contents of the vessel The stopper' B has an angular' or V- shaped notch or groove, b, across its top, the sides of which will have a slope, corresponding with the required bevel of the faces ofthe crayon-edge, as seen at b.

In the bevelled faces of the notchJ), and opposite to each other, are set a series of knife-edges or lefaces, C C, so that the edges of one will out in the opposite direction from the edges of the other. These cutting-faces do not extend the whole length of the notch b, and do not quite touch each other at their lower edges, but extend only so low down in the notch b as to leave a narrow slit or'opening between them,

maining in the chamber'.

through which the products of the crayon-trimming may fall into thainterior of the hollow vessel A, through the opening c, extending from the slit between the cutting-faces down through the stopper B, as seen in figs. 2 and 3.

By simply drawing the crayon backward and forl ward between the cutting-faces C, it-will receive a double bevel, corresponding with their inclination and' that of the sides of thehotch or groove 153ml this.

last terminating in a mere linevat each end of the cutters, and below their edges, will permit the crayon to be dressed to as thin an edge as the tenacity of its material will permit. In use practically, this will be on the cutters board, land hold down the cloth in the act of cutting.

When the crayon is blunt ror crooked, or has uneven edges, the workman, without leaving his work, can sharpen his crayon, by moving it back and forth through the acute bevel, and bring it to a straight,

sharp, and equally-bevelled edge, the dust from `the crayon, in the actof sharpening, falling into and re- When so full as to be i n convenient, the top can be removed, and the chamber emptied. I

'lhe aout-e bevel will form a rest for the crayon, when not in use.

lVith this device, the following advantages are secured. In cutting, the weight, crayon, and Sharpener will always be together, and the crayon can be keptsharp, straight,\and with an even and equally-bevelled edge, insuring fine, clear lines, and the dust caused by sharpening will not soil the hands nor be scattered on the cloth.

W'hat I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters lateut, is-

The hollow weight A, with its stopper B, provided with the beve'lled notch bLcutting-faces C C, and opening c, all combined and arranged as described, for the purpose set fort-h. l

RICHARD R. MILES.

Witnesses:

LEWIS SHIRELY, EDWIN L. BRENTON. 

